Finishing off the chapatti on the gas

Met up with one of the first people I got to know here in 1991 - he and his wife haven't changed a bit -' come home for a cup of chai' turned into a lunch invitation too. I do so love eating in people's homes for they cook so differently from the hotels. In the markets they sell the most enormous variety of vegetables yet in the hotels you are confined to cauliflower, carrots, onions, mushrooms and potatoes. Here is Mrs Paliwal at her stove

The weather seems to have changed for the better - am really looking forward to getting back into my old hotel and being able to use the rooftop. Thursday's the day I'm told.